Cloud Mirror adds Internet to your morning ritual

This mirror has a large monitor behind it which can be operated using hand gestures. It’s the result of a team effort from [Daniel Burnham], [Anuj Patel], and [Sam Bell] to build a web-enabled mirror for their ECE 4180 class at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

So far they’ve implemented four widget for the system. You can see the icons which activate each in the column to the right of the mirror. From top to bottom they are Calendar, News, Traffic, and Weather. The video after the break shows the gestures used to control the display. First select the widget by holding your hand over the appropriate icon. Next, bring that widget to the main display area by swiping from right to left along the top of the mirror.

Hardware details are shared more freely in their presentation slides (PDF). A sonar distance sensor activated the device when a user is close enough to the screen. Seven IR reflectance sensors detect a hand placed in front of them. We like this input method, as it keep the ‘display’ area finger-print free. But we wonder if the IR sensors could be placed behind the glass instead of beside it?

The IR sensors could be placed behind the mirror if the Half silvered coating were removed from the areas they were mounted. This would assume that the acrylic passes enough IR through for the sensor to pick up.

Apparently you didn’t even bother reading the article or watching the video (Once again… Seems to be a trend with you.), as there is absolutely no touch screen involved whatsoever.

Oh and what do they say when people know others are bullshitting? That’s right, pics or it didn’t happen…

I’m in agreement with Alex on this, sounds like you’re just wanting to boast about having a flat panel in your shower, even though you more than likely don’t actually have one, nor the means or know how to install one yourself (again, like many of your posts here).